As I stop and think of who is attending church these days it saddens me to think that we as Christians are making it hard for the unchurched to feel welcomed.
Who do you welcome in your church? Would you welcome someone who is homeless, someone who has a pedophile, or maybe a couple who are living together and not married? If you answered no to any of these shame on you!! Theses are exactly the kind of people we need in the church now there is a difference between going to church and becoming a member there is no way these people should become members unless they stop the way there living and turn there hearts over to Christ. But these people need to be in church. Where would you rather have them on the streets dealing drugs are in church trying to learn about GOD?
We need to be Christ like. I like the bumper sticker WWJD (what would JESUS do) Just what do you think Jesus would do if two homosexual’s arrived at church on Sunday morning.
Would he:
(A) Meet them at the door and tell them that there kind is not welcome.
(b) Shy away from them so that they won’t feel welcome and hope they won’t come back.
(c) Welcome them with open arms and try to teach them in a loving way, the ways of Christ.
What makes us so perfect we where all deep in sin at one time in our lives and GOD seen fit to forgive us. So why not look past the sin and look toward the sinner GOD loves all of us just the way we are. Let’s not look at someone’s sin so hard that we forget they are human. Let’s pray for them sin is sin there is no such thing as a little sin. What makes someone who is living with someone without being married a bigger sinner then someone who cheats on his taxes. Look God will not allow sin in heaven he hates sin so don’t think for a minute that if you lie or even cheat someone that God will overlook it, all he sees is sin no matter what it is. The adulterer the murderer the thief is no different then the ones who lie, cheat and gamble. So don’t be so humble love the sinner but hate the sin
Remember Jesus hung out with the tax collectors and the sinners and the Jewish leaders could not figure that out.
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